Installations
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8. Push down the opposite side of the ZIF clip and hook it.
9. Slide the head of the clip to left and lock it.
10. Connect the cooling fan cable to the socket. Be careful not to place the
cable on the CPU cooling fan.
Removing a CPU:
1. Before removing the CPU, turn off the IP-M945A series power; then wait
for about 20 minutes until the heat radiation plate of the cooling fan and
the CPU cools down.
2. To remove the CPU, lift the releasing lever of the socket LGA775.
Note: The CPU and the heat radiation plate are hot. They may cause
burns.
To remove the CPU, reverse the installation steps.
2.1.2
Heat Sink & Retention Module Installation
Make sure that good contact is made between the processors and the
heat sinks & fan. Insufficient contact, incorrect types of heat sinks, fans, or
thermal compound used or improper amount of thermal compound applied
on the CPU die can cause the processors to overheat, which may crash the
system.
